	Deferred Charges And Other Assets
	December 31,
	2012						2011
													Period Of
	Asset		Reserve		Net		Asset		Reserve		Net		Amortization
	(amounts in thousands)

Deferred contracts and other agreements	$	1,788	$	1,177	$	611	$	1,788	$	1,049	$	739	Term of contract
Leasehold premium		1,732		1,215		517		1,732		1,157		575	Less than 1 year
Other definitive lived assets		833		769		64		831		714		117	3 years
Total definite-lived intangibles		4,353		3,161		1,192		4,351		2,920		1,431
Debt issuance costs		22,115		5,864		16,251		21,746		1,584		20,162	Term of debt
Prepaid assets - long-term		800		-		800		1,457		-		1,457
Software costs and other		11,116		9,233		1,883		10,578		8,926		1,652
	$	38,384	$	18,258	$	20,126	$	38,132	$	13,430	$	24,702

The following table presents the various categories of amortization expense for the periods indicated, including deferred financing expense which is reflected as interest expense:

	Amortization Expense
	For The Years Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
	(amounts in thousands)

Definite-lived assets	$	240	$	284	$	197
Deferred financing expense		4,405		3,567		3,912
Software costs		696		667		1,100
Total amortization expense for deferred charges
and other assets	$	5,341	$	4,518	$	5,209

The following table presents the Company's estimate of amortization expense, for each of the five succeeding years for: (1) deferred charges and other assets; and (2) definite-lived assets:

	Future Amortization Expense
					Definite-Lived
	Total		Other		Assets
Years ending December 31,	(amounts in thousands)
2013	$	5,473	$	5,318		155
2014		4,383		4,276		107
2015		3,341		3,273		68
2016		2,018		1,968		50
2017		985		935		50
Thereafter		2,469		2,223		246
Total	$	18,669	$	17,993	$	676